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'''Gus Aloysius Voltz, Jr.''' (November 13, 1921 – August 27, 2008),<ref name=wikitree>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Voltz-176|title=Gus Voltz, Jr.|publisher=Wikitree. com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> was a prominent [[attorney]] in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. A law partner of [[Ed Ware|Edwin Oswald Ware, III]], Voltz was the assistant district attorney under DA Ware from 1967 to 1984. Ware and Voltz were [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] often involved in high-profile cases in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=
'''Gus Aloysius Voltz, Jr.''' (November 13, 1921 – August 27, 2008),<ref name=wikitree>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Voltz-176|title=Gus Voltz, Jr.|publisher=Wikitree. com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> was a prominent [[attorney]] in his native [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. A law partner of [[Ed Ware|Edwin Oswald Ware, III]], Voltz was the assistant district attorney under DA Ware from 1967 to 1984. Ware and Voltz were [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] often involved in high-profile cases in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/rapides/2016/07/11/former-rapides-da-ed-ware-iii-dies-88/86947188/|title=Former Rapides Parish DA Ed Ware, III, dies at 88|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|author=Richard P. Sharkey|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> He was also the attorney for several years for the Rapides Parish School Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216161339/|title="Judge: Number of Black Principals Has Little to Do with (Isaac) Hammond Suit"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=January 13, 1984||page=A2|accessdate=July 15, 2018}}</ref>
https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/rapides/2016/07/11/former-rapides-da-ed-ware-iii-dies-88/86947188/|title=Former Rapides Parish DA Ed Ware, III, dies at 88|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|author=Richard P. Sharkey|date=July 11, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> He was also the attorney for several years for the Rapides Parish School Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/216161339/|title="Judge: Number of Black Principals Has Little to Do with (Isaac) Hammond Suit"|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=January 13, 1984||page=A2|accessdate=July 15, 2018}}</ref>
Voltz was the son of Alexandria City Judge Gus A. Voltz, Sr. (1888-1955), and the former Ulma Chambers (1891-1990). In June 1944, Judge Voltz shot and killed the Alexandria lawyer Lee Novo on grounds of self-defense because the judge felt threatened for his life in the presence of Novo in downtown Alexandria. Novo, who had been disbarred for six months in 1943 for unethical conduct, had a reputation as a "dangerous menace" and "abnormal character". Novo approached Voltz asking for payment due to him, but Voltz said that he had no knowledge of any debt that he owed to Novo.<ref>''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', June 28, 1944, p. 12.</ref> Voltz immediately surrendered to the Rapides Parish sheriff, turned in his weapon, and was released on a $3,000 bond. The judge successfully defended himself in the shooting in an inquiry that lasted only five minutes.<ref>''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]'', July 15, 1944, p. 3.</ref>
Voltz was the son of Alexandria City Judge Gus A. Voltz, Sr. (1888-1955), and the former Ulma Chambers (1891-1990). In June 1944, Judge Voltz shot and killed the Alexandria lawyer Lee Novo on grounds of self-defense because the judge felt threatened for his life in the presence of Novo in downtown Alexandria. Novo, who had been disbarred for six months in 1943 for unethical conduct, had a reputation as a "dangerous menace" and "abnormal character". Novo approached Voltz asking for payment due to him, but Voltz said that he had no knowledge of any debt that he owed to Novo.<ref>''The Alexandria Town Talk'', June 28, 1944, p. 12.</ref> Voltz immediately surrendered to the Rapides Parish sheriff, turned in his weapon, and was released on a $3,000 bond. The judge successfully defended himself in the shooting in an inquiry that lasted only five minutes.<ref>''Alexandria Town Talk]],'' July 15, 1944, p. 3.</ref>
Voltz, Jr., had two brothers, neither of whom married: David E. Voltz (1918-1983), a glider pilot in [[World War II]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Voltz-183|title=David E. Voltz|publisher=Wikitree.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=158970967|title=Gus A. Voltz|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> and Wallace Nolan Voltz (1926-2014), the former owner of a grocery store in Alexandria who died the day before his 88th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Voltz&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=135968848&df=all&|title=Wallace Nolan Voltz|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Voltz and his wife, the former Kathleen Hooe (1930-2020),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kathleen-voltz/kathleenhvoltz|title=Kathleen Voltz|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> had two sons, Gus "Dutch" Voltz, III (born December 4, 1952), an attorney-turned-[[Roman Catholic]] priest who had graduated in 1970 from the Catholic-affiliated Holy Central Menard High School in Alexandria, and John Hooe Voltz (born October 27, 1956), both of Alexandria, and two daughters from [[Baton Rouge]], Lane Barry, and Anne Fossier. He served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during World War II.<ref name=wikitree/>
Voltz, Jr., had two brothers, neither of whom married: David E. Voltz (1918-1983), a glider pilot in [[World War II]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Voltz-183|title=David E. Voltz|publisher=Wikitree.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=158970967|title=Gus A. Voltz|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> and Wallace Nolan Voltz (1926-2014), the former owner of a grocery store in Alexandria who died the day before his 88th birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Voltz&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1148&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=135968848&df=all&|title=Wallace Nolan Voltz|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Voltz and his wife, the former Kathleen Hooe (1930-2020),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/kathleen-voltz/kathleenhvoltz|title=Kathleen Voltz|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 3, 2018}}</ref> had two sons, Gus "Dutch" Voltz, III (born December 4, 1952), an attorney-turned-[[Roman Catholic]] priest who had graduated in 1970 from the Catholic-affiliated Holy Central Menard High School in Alexandria, and John Hooe Voltz (born October 27, 1956), both of Alexandria, and two daughters from [[Baton Rouge]], Lane Barry, and Anne Fossier. He served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during World War II.<ref name=wikitree/>